National Maternity Hospital petition delivered to Taoiseach's office

Local campaigners Uplift deliver a National Maternity Hospital petition to Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s Cork office. Picture: Provision

A petition signed by thousands of people calling for the new National Maternity Hospital to be publicly owned has been presented to Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s office in Cork.

The petition, which has received over 10,000 signatures, states that the new National Maternity Hospital must "be a fully owned public hospital built on publicly owned land".